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The best movies of 2025, so far

New York Times: Ten films to add to your watch list.

Anna Wintour becomes an unlikely activist as Washington quashes diversity programmes

“I feel we need to be courageous,” the longtime Vogue editor in chief said.

'Ready to rock': How Jimmy Barnes is fighting fit ahead of releasing new album Defiant

The Aussie rock legend isn’t one for lying down and wallowing in pain or self-pity.

French producer woos Hollywood with epic that inspired Game of Thrones

He comes from French cinema royalty, but Dimitri Rassam is carving his own path.

Garage stories: Comedian Courtney Dawson’s baby sister steps into the limelight

The youngest in a family of performers is about to make her debut with Black Grace.

King Charles: He's a good fellow but not jolly

Steve Braunias reminisces about following a gloomy (then) Prince Charles on a royal tour.

As a new mum, Ella Becroft was primed to love her kids - nothing prepared her for what happened next

A 'body horror' theatre show on the mundanity and monstrosity of early motherhood.

A Māori ‘Gidget’ Meter Maid goes to the Gold Coast with her ukulele

Read an extract from Ockham NZ Book Awards 2025 winning memoir by Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku.

Pope Francis, the unlikely movie star: Six films show his cinematic appeal

New York Times: On screen, he was seen as a character both admired and controversial.

'Raw and unfiltered:' Jenny-May Clarkson's emotional life story

TVNZ's Jenny-May Clarkson admits to suffering from self-doubt in her book Full Circle.

'It's utterly insane': Kiwi comic Sam Wills on life in Las Vegas as Tape Face turns 20

'Those oven gloves are my Stairway to Heaven. I’ll never get rid of the damned things.'

Half of Kiwi adults overwhelmed by phone notifications, study reveals

2degrees commissioned the study, highlighting the mental impact of notifications.

In The Bondsman, Kevin Bacon goes to hell and back

New York Times: The actor tracks down escaped demons in the new horror comedy.

RNZ Ballet's The Firebird makes a triumphant return

Principal dancer Ana Gallardo Lobaina says The Firebird is relevant in a 'scary' world.

Meet the women suspected of murder in Agatha Christie's most famous whodunnit

Behind the scenes at one of the fastest-selling theatre shows in Auckland's history.

Succession star Harriet Walter on playing ‘abominable mothers’ and where Shakespeare went wrong

'I feel rather a traitor because my own mother was so wonderful.'